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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Dane Clark | Linsey Stewart
Starring: Charlie Gillespie | Michaela Watkins | Sandy Jobin-Bevans | Sara Waisglass | Sorika Wolf
Jeff says: “You will understand within 15 minutes exactly where this story will end up. These are its bones: Two lost souls, initially and profoundly incompatible, find common cause and forge a new relationship leaving them both better off. An
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Carson Lund
Starring: Bill Lee | Cliff Blake | Frederick Wiseman | Keith William Richards | Wayne Diamond
Jeff says: “The local ballpark is slated for demolition to make room for a new school. Today will mark the last showdown, forever, between the team sponsored by Adler’s Paints and the Riverdogs. EEPHUS may be the best movie about baseball
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Nathan Silver
Starring: Carol Kane | Caroline Aaron | Dolly De Leon | Jason Schwartzman | Robert Smigel
Diane says:”From the trailer, I expected a broad comedy. Instead it is a delicate treatment of people at fragile times in their lives. I’ll repeat the easy comparison to HAROLD AND MAUDE. “The cast is overall excellent. Carol Kane plays
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Anna Baumgarten
Starring: Ariela Barer | Chelsea Alden | Dylan Arnold | Libe Barer | Travis Tope
Michael says: “Awkward title ties together the awkward way we mangle the English language, often when we’r trying to say something important is e3ffectively used in this drama about Jane, a young woman who aborts a successful academic career just
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Harrison Xu | Ivan Leung | Katherine Dudas
Starring: Harrison Xu | Hudson Yang | Ivan Leung | Nathan Doan
Jeff says: Gen Z Angelinos Daniel (Ivan Leung) and Ryan (Harrison Xu), best friends since childhood, are facing a breakup (perhaps literally), as Ryan is moving to Edmonton with his fiancé. On their last weekend together, Ryan convinces a reluctant
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Hong Sang-soo
Starring: Ha Seong-guk | Isabelle Huppert | Jo Yoon-he | Kwon Hae-hyo | Lee Hye-yeong
Diane says: “South Korean director Hong Sang-Soo gives us another of his triplets–a dialogue repeated three times, with three sets of changing characters–in A TRAVELER’S NEEDS. If you’re attuned to the director, you’ll really enjoy this one and have some
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Brett Story | Stephen Maing
Diane says: “”With the Teamsters calling for Amazon to finally come to the table by December 15, this is a good time to watch UNION, a doc about the two-year struggle by union organizers at Staten Island’s Amazon warehouse. Related
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Tyler Taormina
Starring: Ben Shenkman | Francesca Scorsese | Maria Dizzia | Matilda Fleming | Michael Cera
Diane says: “Is this a bigger budget remake of HAM ON RYE? And why is it playing in my multiplex? (Four people in the audience, three walked out.) “Director Tyler Taormina revisits suburban ritual and the end of adolescence. A
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Liam Gavin
Starring: Catherine Walker | Mark Huberman | Nathan Vos | Steve Oram | Susan Loughnane
Laks says: “After years and years of delaying, I finally got round to watching DARK SONG. In essence, all the horrors of the film melted away and I came away feeling absolved of the terror and uplifted by the surreal
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Jason Buxton
Starring: Ben Foster | Cobie Smulders | Dan Lett | Gavin Drea | Reid Price
Brett says: “Director Jason Buxton (BLACKBIRD) brings his second feature film SHARP CORNER to life with a unique tone that enriches the entire project. The film is led by a terrific (as always) performance by Ben Foster, who portrays a
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